Zenphoto
Gallery and CMS project.
Activity has dropped noticeably. Check the repository before committing to it.
Commit activity more than 31% of tracked projects; popularity more than 17%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 318 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v1.6.8 · 27 May 2025 |
| Repo updated | 27 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Built with | PHP |
Is Zenphoto actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 104 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 32 of them.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 100% more commits than the one before it.
The last tagged release, v1.6.8, is over 1 year old. If you deploy, expect to build from the default branch rather than a stable tag.
Zenphoto ranks #18 of 25 tracked photo galleries projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What Zenphoto actually does
Zenphoto is an open-source content management system and photo gallery platform written in PHP. It provides the core functionality needed to organise and display image collections on a self-hosted web server. It operates under the GPL-2.0 licence.
Best fit: It is a suitable choice if you want a dedicated, self-hosted web application specifically structured for publishing photography collections rather than general file storage.
Worth knowing: The project exhibits slowing maintenance activity and lower community traction compared to mainstream alternatives, which may affect long-term security updates and bug fixes.
Deployment notes
As a PHP application, it typically requires a standard web server stack such as Apache or Nginx, alongside a relational database like MySQL or MariaDB, and persistent storage for uploaded image files.
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